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Trump’s Hiring Freeze Affects Indian Health Services

An article by Narrative & Activism

This is just off the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Trump’s federal hiring freeze means the perpetually understaffed hospitals and clinics run by IHS cannot hire health care providers. This problem has gotten almost no traction in the national press.

Update: The ban was rescinded as arbitrarily as it was imposed, but the hiring freeze continues to cover administrative personnel.